Residents’ Help Needed to Curb Costly Problem

August 3, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: budget, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, Eastern Coachella Valley, Eduardo Garcia, graffiti, graffiti abatement, graffiti hotline, Johnny Flores, maritza martinez, Mayor Eduardo Garcia, tagging, vandalism

By Johnny Flores, Jr. Coachella Unincorporated COACHELLA, Calif, — In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the City of Coachella budgeted $91,372 to combat the costly problem of graffiti or “tagging,” as it commonly known.

The Diary of Joaquín Magón: An Organizer Defined

July 30, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Cesar Chavez, Coachella, community organizer, community organizers, Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, jesus valenzuela, Joaquin Magon, organizer, organizers, Salinas, salinas valley, The Diary of Joaquín Magón, UFW, United Farm Workers

  The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 16: An Organizer Defined As I look at the desolate power of a voice that cannot be heard, hands that can lift a million crates, eyes that can see through lies, and smiles that bend like the crescent moon our mothers worshipped, I see that the hope is at times as thin as the space in between strawberry rows that flow through the ground like tuned guitar strings.

Garden Brings Community Together

July 20, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Coachella, coachella valley housing coalition, community gardens, cvhc, Eastern Coachella Valley, joe mota, Johnny Flores, josseth mota, las casas apartments, nadia villagran

  By Johnny Flores, Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. – When Hilda Hinojosa’s baby has colic, all she has to do is walk across the parking lot and pick some manzanilla from among the various vegetables, fruits and herbs at Las Casas Apartments Community Garden.

Rescuing Produce to Feed the Hungry

July 16, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: aurora saldivar, christy porter, Coachella, Coachella Unincorporated, coachella valley, Eastern Coachella Valley, Farm Workers, hidden harvest, hunger, ivan delgado, produce rescue, saul martinez elementary school

  By Aurora Saldivar, Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. — Inspired by the mass quantities of food Americans throw away, Christy Porter decided to tackle the hunger problem in the Coachella Valley over ten years ago.

An Open Letter to La Mujer Campesina

July 13, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: campesina, Coachella, diary of joaquin magon, Dolores Huerta, Farm Workers, female farm workers, Jesús E. Valenzuela Félix, Joaquin Magon, mujer campesina, oxnard, UFW, United Farm Workers, women's rights

The Diary of Joaquín Magón Entry 15: An Open Letter to La Mujer Campesina Mujer, Not a day goes by that I am not fascinated by your struggle.

Coachella Man Honored as Veteran of the Year

July 12, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: 80th Assembly District, American Legion, American Legion Granados Post 739, Andrea Castro, Assembly Committee on Veterans Affairs, assemblyman manuel perez, Coachella, Daniel Castro, Martha Castro, Omar Castro, Tony Aguilar, Veteran of the Year, Veterans Memorial, veterans of foreign wars, VFW, vietnam war

By Tony Aguilar, Coachella Unincorporated Coachella, Calif. – As he does every year on the Fourth of July, Daniel Cervantez Castro joined his friends from American Legion Granados Post 739 to honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

College Student Harvesting Education in Grape Fields

July 6, 2012 / By Coachella Unincorporated
Tags: Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella, Eastern Coachella Valley, education, Enrique Lazcano, Farm Workers, grape fields, grape harvest, grapes, harvesting education, Mecca, picking grapes, San Diego State University, summer, summer break, summer job

By Alejandra Alarcon, Coachella Unincorporated   Mecca, Calif. – Like many college students, Enrique Lazcano is dedicating his summer to saving money for his return to school this fall.